Need new mobile suggestion for dad

Need best mobile under 20K for dad, excluding all offers, coupons etc etc.
is it possible to avoid buying from flipkart considering its extra cost and new policies?
Mostly POCO and mi devices are available on flipkart only.

1. Budget?

Below 20K (excluding sale, discount, card offers, coupons, etc etc)
mobile should be around +/-15k including all sale, discount, card offers, coupons, etc etc)

2. Display type and size?
- Any
3. Dual sim?
- Yes
4. Preferred choice of brand?
- Any (MediaTek Dimensity and snapdragon devices only)
5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)?
- Any
6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS,Stock Android etc).

Android
MIUI, +1 for features
stock android not experienced, lack of features like App Lock, dual apps etc etc, +1 for smoothness
I can't tell if he will like stock android or not. As he will be shifting from MIUI to Stock UI. All his previous devices were MIUI and OnePlus X

7. Preferred connectivity options (Dual 4G,802.11AC/5Ghz(not 5g mobile network) wifi).
- Dual 5G is there? WiFi and hotspot should work together, like repeater device.
8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)?

Office work (read edit word, excel, sheet), PDFs
good camera for document scanning
internet stuff YouTube, Facebook, WhatsApp, multimedia

9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?
- 128+ GB storage with 4 GB or 6 GB RAM

POCO X4 Pro 5G (due to MIUI) but over budget
Redmi Note 11 Pro+ 5G, Redmi Note 11T 5G
Moto G62 5G, G82 5G

10. Any other info that you want to share

Any new upcoming devices?
Need mobile asap but if new upcoming device is worth waiting till Diwali then I can wait.
128 GB storage required
5G, Dual 5G if possible.

Make 2 different threads, one for display repair and another for mobile purchase.

Redmi note 11 pro+ 5g 256 gb available at amazon for ₹23999 after bank discounts you can get it for ₹21k

Try to get your phone repaired under extended warranty, IIRC they did that for Poco phones.

Cyberghost said:
Redmi note 11 pro+ 5g 256 gb available at amazon for ₹23999 after bank discounts you can get it for ₹21k

Won't recommend Xiaomi phones due to hardware issues as experienced by OP.

SaiyanGoku said:
Won't recommend Xiaomi phones due to hardware issues as experienced by OP.

Is there any good 5g phone at ₹20k other than xiaomi there is realme se 5g but 3,5,8,40 bands absent for 5g and motorola just lost its trust because they still haven't provide a timeline for update for enabling 5g on existing phones

Cyberghost said:
Is there any good 5g phone at ₹20k other than xiaomi there is realme se 5g but 3,5,8,40 bands absent for 5g and motorola just lost its trust because they still haven't provide a timeline for update for enabling 5g on existing phones

Moto G71 and G82 are still good options. Ignore all BBK phones IMO.

Nerevarine said:
Make 2 different threads, one for display repair and another for mobile purchase.

done
I was in hurry so posted everything at once

*geek.digit.in/community/threads/need-suggestion-for-poco-x2-display-replacement.211900/

Cyberghost said:
Redmi note 11 pro+ 5g 256 gb available at amazon for ₹23999 after bank discounts you can get it for ₹21k

I will select 6 GB + 128 GB version due to budget restriction 20K below (excluding all offers)

SaiyanGoku said:
Try to get your phone repaired under extended warranty, IIRC they did that for Poco phones.

Won't recommend Xiaomi phones due to hardware issues as experienced by OP.

Extended warranty not available for mobiles.

*onsitego.com/

*gowarranty.in/

I am not supporting BBK, but I don't think hardware issues are happening frequently.

Cyberghost said:
they still haven't provide a timeline for update for enabling 5g on existing phones

meaning?
existing 5G device or existing 4G device?
Do we need to update device to work with 5G for 5G devices?

TigerKing said:
meaning?
existing 5G device or existing 4G device?
Do we need to update device to work with 5G for 5G devices?

Motorola needs an OTA update for enabling 5g on their 5g phones but they haven't responded to Airtel or Jio yet Their phones not in the Airtel 5g compatibility list

TigerKing said:
Extended warranty not available for mobiles.

*onsitego.com/

I am talking about Poco extending the warranty coverage by themselves, not a third party warranty.

TigerKing said:
I am not supporting BBK, but I don't think hardware issues are happening frequently.

Why bother with ColorOS crap?

SaiyanGoku said:
I am talking about Poco extending the warranty coverage by themselves, not a third party warranty.

Why bother with ColorOS crap?

I don't see any poco X2 extended warranty option here.

*www.poco.in/warranty

Do you have any image or link? Please share.

No. I was just telling that he used 1st moto e (Stock OS), then Colour OS (OnePlus x) and after that all devices were MIUI.
So he will stick to MIUI.
But MIUI has lots of bugs, sometimes contacts name gets vanished, UI lags (dad says poco x2 hangs many times, need better performance smartphone), even if I purchase sd870 device MIUI will lag.
Only plus point about these smartphones that they provide good hardware in budget.

TigerKing said:
I don't see any poco X2 extended warranty option here.

*www.poco.in/warranty

My bad, I thought they did it for X2 as well.

TigerKing said:
No. I was just telling that he used 1st moto e (Stock OS), then Colour OS (OnePlus x) and after that all devices were MIUI.

Oneplus X had OxygenOS. Oppo recently shat ColorOS into Oneplus phones.

TigerKing said:
Only plus point about these smartphones that they provide good hardware in budget.

Buying a Xiaomi/Redmi/Poco phone makes sense only if you'll be flashing a custom rom on it. MIUI is a cancer.

Any suggestions???
Need new phone.

20k below.
Snapdragon or Mediatek Dimensity only
128 gb or 256 gb. (256 gb preferred)
Battery 5000+

TigerKing said:
Any suggestions???
Need new phone.

20k below.
Snapdragon or Mediatek Dimensity only
128 gb or 256 gb. (256 gb preferred)
Battery 5000+

Moto G82 should be good

Redmi k50i at 19,999
Missing only super amoled.
Any suggestions?

TigerKing said:
Redmi k50i at 19,999
Missing only super amoled.
Any suggestions?

Get Moto G71 or G82. Stock-ish android >>> Chinese OEM skins.

TigerKing said:
Redmi k50i at 19,999
Missing only super amoled.
Any suggestions?

Vivo iQoo 9 at 22.5k, has 8k exchange bonus, 6k ICICI discount. That 11.6k is for Poco M2 pro with body damage, full price was 13k w/o damage.

IMO looks like a good phone for the price, unless you plan to play games like CoD continuously. Should have good camera, should be slightly inferior to S20FE 5G rear cams but better selfie. Vivo's UI is ok, I will prefer Samsung any day for sure, but oppo & vivo's UI are more stable than Oneplus these days. Not sure how OP made oppo's UI more buggy on OP phones.

omega44-xt said:
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Vivo iQoo 9 at 22.5k, has 8k exchange bonus, 6k ICICI discount. That 11.6k is for Poco M2 pro with body damage, full price was 13k w/o damage.

IMO looks like a good phone for the price, unless you plan to play games like CoD continuously. Should have good camera, should be slightly inferior to S20FE 5G rear cams but better selfie. Vivo's UI is ok, I will prefer Samsung any day for sure, but oppo & vivo's UI are more stable than Oneplus these days. Not sure how OP made oppo's UI more buggy on OP phones.

It was available at 19,999 till 21st October then Amazon reduced discount.
It's still available at 19999 on mi store.

I checked iqoo series. Which is surprisingly good. But iqoo device don't have any custom rom.

Also poco X2 was repaired. So new mobile purchase delayed.
Waiting for new devices to release.

TigerKing said:
It was available at 19,999 till 21st October then Amazon reduced discount.
It's still available at 19999 on mi store.

I checked iqoo series. Which is surprisingly good. But iqoo device don't have any custom rom.

Also poco X2 was repaired. So new mobile purchase delayed.
Waiting for new devices to release.

Last I checked, for custom ROM, you can ignore oppo & vivo

So, how is POCO X5 Pro 5G 256 GB?
Any good Snapdragon SoC device within that below ~>25k budget?
I will make purchase on or before 22nd March.

priority wise brands
1. Samsung with Snapdragon SoC
- Don't have any good device within 20k budget.
2. Xiaomi Redmi POCO with Snapdragon SoC
- All prices are high even after budget,
MIUI problem is there, so after purchase I can live with no MIUI and Security updates. Users complaining hard bricked devices after MIUI and Security updates.
3. No moto due to stock os but can be considered as 3rd preference
- POCO x2 is flashed with pixel experience rom and dad didn't like it. I tried changing different roms but no luck.
4. realme iqoo and others can be avoided due to their UI but can be considered 4th preference.

TigerKing said:
So, how is POCO X5 Pro 5G 256 GB?
Any good Snapdragon SoC device within that below ~>25k budget?
I will make purchase on or before 22nd March.

priority wise brands
1. Samsung with Snapdragon SoC
- Don't have any good device within 20k budget.
2. Xiaomi Redmi POCO with Snapdragon SoC
- All prices are high even after budget,
MIUI problem is there, so after purchase I can live with no MIUI and Security updates. Users complaining hard bricked devices after MIUI and Security updates.
3. No moto due to stock os but can be considered as 3rd preference
- POCO x2 is flashed with pixel experience rom and dad didn't like it. I tried changing different roms but no luck.
4. realme iqoo and others can be avoided due to their UI but can be considered 4th preference.

1. Doesn't exist. A52s 5G on sale at 25-27k would have still held well as android 14 will be its last OS update, but its OOS. Poco X5 pro launched with android 12, so android 14 is its best case scenario as well (it should have launched with android 13)

2. X5 pro is decent from Xiaomi - software is its con

3. I can understand aversion to lack to stock because of lack of features. Maybe Nothing Phone 1 can fill the gap left by Oneplus.

4. BBK has similar UI to Xiaomi with better software updates, so I'll rate BBK's UI higher.

Around 25k, my usual recommendations are Nothing Phone 1 & Pixel 6a for a bit higher price. Moto Edge 30 for something cheaper. X5 Pro can be considered if you want MIUI because of familiarity.

Upcoming launch to look forward to -
Samsung A34 5G on 16 Mar - Dimensity 1080 (weaker than S778G but good enough for normal tasks & no inefficiencies like Exynos) - IMO might be 25k. Its con will be that it is overpriced, but that's not as bad of a con as inefficient Exynos in my books because phones like A53 are overpriced as well as have exynos.